What is "john"

John \John\ (j[o^]n), n. [See Johannes.] A proper name of a man.

John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.

John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.

John Bullism, English character.
--W. Irving.

John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment.
--Mozley & W.

John Doree, John Dory. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zo["o]l.) An oval, compressed, European food fish ( Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory, doree, and St. Peter's fish.

masc. proper name, mid-12c., from Medieval Latin Johannes, from Late Latin Joannes, from Greek Ioannes, from Hebrew Yohanan (longer form y'hohanan) literally "Jehovah has favored," from hanan "he was gracious."\n

\nAs the name of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, it was one of the most common Christian given names, and in England by early 14c. it rivaled William in popularity. The Old French form was Jean, but in England its variants Johan, Jehan yielded Jan, Jen (also compare surname Jensen). Welsh form was Ieuan (see Evan), but Ioan was adopted for the Welsh Authorized Version of the Bible, hence frequency of Jones as a Welsh surname.

"toilet," 1932, probably from jakes, used for "toilet" since 15c. Meaning "prostitute's customer" is from 1911, probably from the common, and thus anonymous, name by which they identified themselves. Meaning "policeman" is 1858, from shortening of johndarm, jocular anglicization of gendarme.

n. 1 (context slang English) A prostitute's client. 2 (context slang US English) A lavatory, toilet. 3 (context slang English) An outhouse privy. Also johnny house. 4 (context slang English) A name often used as a generic reference to a male of European, North-American, or Australian origin, while travelling in East Asia. 5 A male mule.

1. n. a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, privy, bathroom]

2. youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: King John, John Lackland]

3. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine]

4. a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger]

5. the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: Gospel According to John]

Metropolitan John (born Ivan Stinka; January 14, 1935) was the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada with title John, Archbishop of Winnipeg, and of the Central Diocese, Metropolitan of Canada,. He was enthroned as Metropolitan of Canada on July 23, 2006.

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The '' John '' was an Australian sloop of 30 tons that was owned by John Palmer & Co. It was built at Woolloomooloo in Sydney and registered on 11 June 1803. In November 1806 it sailed from King Island in Bass Strait with a crew of five aboard and a cargo of seal skins. It was never seen again.

John is a common English name and surname:

• John (given name) or
• John (surname), including a list of people so named

John may also refer to:

"John" is a synthpop song recorded by French singer Desireless. It was the second single from the album François on which it is the tenth track. Following the huge success of " Voyage Voyage", it was released in May 1988. Written and produced by Jean-Michel Rivat, the song was Desireless' last hit single in France.

"John" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne, and the second single from his album Tha Carter IV. The song features rapper Rick Ross, and it peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. "John" was released on March 24, 2011, on iTunes. The song uses the hook from Rick Ross' song "I'm Not a Star" from his album Teflon Don. The song title refers to musician John Lennon. Lil Wayne performed the song at 2011's MTV Video Music Awards to the riff of Black Sabbath song, Iron Man.

John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes and Iohannes, which are forms of the Greek name Iōannēs , originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name Yohanan , " Graced by Yah", or , " Yahweh is Gracious". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar).

It is among the most common given names in Anglophone and European countries; traditionally, it was the most common, although it has not been since the latter half of the 20th century. John owes its unique popularity to two highly revered saints, John the Baptist (forerunner of Jesus Christ) and the apostle John (traditionally considered the author of the Gospel of John); the name has since been chosen as the regnal or religious name of a vast number of emperors, kings, popes, and patriarchs. Initially, it was a favorite name among the Greeks but it flourished in all of Europe after the First Crusade.

' John' is a surname based on the given name John, which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name , , meaning "Graced by Yahweh".

In South Asia, John was adopted as a last name by some people during the British colonial era. It could be traced to mixed ancestry or colonial adaptation of the name by the locals. In South Asian countries there are mixed ancestry (such as Anglo Indian, Anglo Pakistani or Anglo Burmese) with similar or localized names to John. People with this surname include:

• Anaparambil Joseph John (1893–1957), Travancorean freedom fighter and statesman, Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin and Governor of Madras
• Augustus John (1878–1961), Welsh artist
• Avery John (born 1975), Trinidadian footballer
• Barry John (born 1945), Welsh former rugby union player
• Barry John (artist) MBE, Welsh artist
• Caroline John (1940–2012), British actress
• Collins John (born 1985), Liberia-born Dutch footballer
• Dilwyn John (born 1944), former Welsh footballer
• Elton John (born 1947), British pop singer
• Fritz John (1910–1994), German-American mathematician
• Gottfried John (1942–2015), German actor
• Gwen John (1876–1939), Welsh artist, sister of Augustus John
• Isaac John (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player
• Little Willie John (1937–1968), musician
• Mable John (born 1930), singer
• Otto John (1909–1997), German who plotted against Hitler, convicted of treason during the Cold War
• Peter John, German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s
• Radek John (born 1954), Czech politician
• Roy John (footballer) (1911–1973), Wales international footballer
• Roy John (rugby player) (1925–1981), Welsh rugby union player
• Stern John (born 1976), Trinidadian footballer
• Tommy John (born 1943), American baseball player
• Walter John (1879–1940), German chess player
• Little Willie John (1937–1968), American R&B singer

John was the amiratus or emir of Roger II of Sicily. John was born to the Admiral Eugenius in Palermo, where his family had moved from Troina. His brothers were the logothete Philip and the amiratus Nicholas. His uncle was the notary Basil. All his family members were closely connected to the royal family and in its service. John's son was the equally famous Eugenius II.

In 1131, John was sent across the Strait of Messina to join up with a royal troop from Apulia and Calabria and march on Amalfi by land while George of Antioch blockaded the town by sea and set up a base on Capri. Amalfi soon capitulated.

In 1135, John and the chancellor Guarin were sent to Campania and the Principality of Salerno to defend the royal castles against the general rebellion of Robert II of Capua, Ranulf II of Alife, and Sergius VII of Naples. They successfully defended Capua with 2,000 knights and a similar-sized complement of infantry, but Aversa fell to Robert.

John was the seventh Archdeacon of Barnstaple .

John , the nephew of the rebel Vitalian, was an East Roman ( Byzantine) general under Justinian I (r. 527–565), who was active in the Gothic War in Italy and against the Gepids in the western Balkans. He was married to Justina, the daughter of Justinian's cousin Germanus.

John, also Joan or Ioan, was a cneaz (local chieftain or ruler) mentioned in a diploma issued by king Béla IV of Hungary (1235-1270) on 2 July 1247; the diploma granted territories to the Knights Hospitaller in the Banate of Severin and Cumania. John held a kenazate which was given to the knights by the king. His kenazate lay in southern Oltenia.

The diploma of Béla IV also refers to the kenazates of Farcaş and voivode Litovoi and to voivode Seneslau. Seneslau and Litovoi are expressly said to be Vlachs (Olati) in the king's diploma.

The Romanian historian Ioan Aurel Pop suggests that the kenazate of John was one of the incipient Romanian states south of the Carpathian Mountains. In the diploma, his name is given in its Latin form (Johannes), and so contains no hint of the nationality of its bearer.

Metropolitan John (, secular name Fatmir Pelushi; January 1, 1956, Tirana) is the Albanian Orthodox metropolitan of Korça, since his installment in 1998.

In 1979, secretly baptized by a priest Kozma Qirjo with name in honor of St. John the Theologian.

After graduating from Holy Cross Seminary with a Master’s of Theological Studies, he returned to Albania and Archbishop Anastasios appointed him to teach theology at the seminary, as well as serve in other capacities within the Church.

February 27, 1994 Archbishop Anastasios ordained him as a deacon on then as a priest on December 4 the same year.

In 1995 he received a scholarship from him and returned to the United States to pursue further studies. After return in 1996, He was appointed as director of the seminary as well as elevated as an archimandrite on November 19.

On July 18, 1998, he was elected as Metropolitan of Korça and enthroned two days later.